Sharing Services in System Preferences

This doc simply contains some dev information about how Sharing services are dealt with in OS X

Basic format to turn on a sharing agent is:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/[Service PLIST File]

Basic format to turn off a sharing agent is:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/[Service PLIST File]

Note: The System Preferences Sharing Pane GUI will not update to reflect the current state when using the command line to override these settings.

Examples:

File Sharing (AFP)

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

File Sharing (SMB)

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist

Screen Sharing

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

DVD sharing

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ODSAgent.plist

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ODSAgent.plist

Sharing Services that Don't Follow Standard Format:

Remote Login

systemsetup -f setremotelogin on

systemsetup -f setremotelogin off

(-f flag is to suppress the "are you sure?" prompt.)

Remote Apple Events

systemsetup setremoteappleevents on

systemsetup setremoteappleevents off